By: Sue Surkes – The Times of Israel; timesofisrael.com
Research urges refraining from encouraging human population growth, calls for stopping urban sprawl into natural areas to save endangered species
Mountain gazelles are under serious threat from urbanization, poaching, collisions with cars, predation by feral dogs as well as natural predators, and division of their habitats by roads, railways and fences, including the security barrier between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, a report says.
The species is already listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and if this species as well as others are to be protected in the long term, radical steps should be taken, including banning new building or agriculture on land still in its natural state and reviewing subsidies that encourage population growth, says the study, published last week in Oryx—The International Journal of Conservation.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/mountain-gazelles-under-serious-threat-urgent-action-needed-study/